Door and curtain



May 3', 1921.

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INVENTOR a i f Patented May 3, 1927.

FREDERICK/D. BI TER; OF commit-A; MICHIGAN, AssIGiton- 'ro wnn'rnnnraoon sonY CORPORATION, OF CORUNNA, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION on IvIiCIEIG-AN, v

, noon Aim CURTAIN.

Application filed November This invention relates to the construction of truck cabs and particularly to the doors thereof, and its object is to provide a lower 7 swinging door and an upper slidable curtain adapted to be pulled down onto the swinging door, the swingingdoor being provided with a beveled upper edge to cause rain to fiow outwardly and the lower edge of the curtain permitting the door to be opened and closed without injury to the lower edge of the curtain.

This invention consists in a door hinged to close the lower portion of a door opening and having its upper edge sloping downwardly outwardly and a curtain slidable up and down in the upper portion of the opening and adapted to contact with the upper edge of the hinged door outwardly of the inner or higher part of its top edge, the lower edge of the curtain constituting a yieldable and resilient Weatherstrip which permits said higher part of the swinging door to pass freely without injury to the Weatherstrip.

It also consists of the details of construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 IS a partial side elevation of the cab of a mo tor vehicle embodying my present inven tion. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are sections on the lines 22, 3 3 and 4t& of Fig. 1, respectively. Fig. 5 is a sectlon similar to Fig.

4: with the relative positions of the parts slightly changed and a slightly different Weatherstrip. Fig. ('3 is a section ,ofthe lower edge of a cab'curtain. Fig. 7 is a perspective of a Weatherstrip.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Drivers of motor trucks prefer the lower parts of the door openings to be closed.

while the trucks are in motion and the tion and have therefore designed a cab whose side 1 has a door opening of two parts. a'lower portion 2 in which the door 4 is hinged and an upper portion 3 which is wider, the additional width being on the rear side or toward the seat.

The sides of the casing of the door above the ledge 5 is provided with grooves 6 to 9, 19 25. ..Seria1'No; 67,8'39.

receive the vertically slidable curtain 7 provided with windows 8 andpreferably constructed 1n the manner shown by the patent to Morine No. 1,523,704 dated January 21,

1925. This curtain'may be moved up and down by means of a handle 9. In order that rain may not flow into the cab, I provide a ledge 10, preferably of sheet metal, along its upper edge, and the ledge 5 of the body is preferably grooved to permit the curtain to rest on the ledge 10 of the door.

gitudinal flange 13 adapted to be secured between the side coverings 1 1 of the curtain, as shown in Fig. 6, or one of theside One (2011- j 'struction 1s a tube 12 of rubber having loncoverings 15 may be brought around and its edge 16 sewed directly to this flange 13, as shown in Fig. 5. Or, I may use a tube 22 of rubber which is enclosed by the outer layer 23 of the curtain and "held thereby centrally of the metal frame 24 of the curtain, the edge 25 of this layer 23 being 00V? ered by the inner layer 26 and held in place by the line of stitches 27 of the curtain. In each of these embodiments the outer layer of thecurtain continues around the filler and extends up 011 the inside so that there is no outer lap to catch water. The construction of this Weatherstrip may be further varied so long as it is sufficiently resilient to permit thedoor to be'swung open or closed and pass below the Weatherstrip without damaging it.

IVhile I have described this door and curtain as adapted for truck cabs, the idea may be adapted to vehicle tops of any desired character without departing from the spirit of my inventionas set forth in the following claims. 1

I claim w 1. In a door construction, vertical sides of a door casing having upright grooves, a flexible curtain slidable in said grooves, and a door hinged in the casing below the curtain and having its upper edge sloping downwardly outwardly and positioned so that the curtain may rest thereon, the lower edge of said curtain'being formed with a Weatherstrip of material so yieldable as to permit the cloor to pass below the curtain or a door casing having upright grooves, a

flexible curtain sliclable in said grooves, and

' a door hinged in the casing below the ourtain and having its upper edge sloping vdownwardly outwardly and positioned so that the curtain may rest thereon, the lower edge of said curtain being formed With a Weatherstrip so yieldable as to permit the door to pass below the curtain Without injuring the Weatherstrip When the curtain is in lts lowest position and said Weatherstrip consisting of a flexible tube of rubber.

FREDERICK D. BITTER. 

